Taliban Kidnap and Execute Female Activist for Alleged Adultery in Takhar (2018)
Incident- Date
- Dec 29, 2018
- Year of incident
- 2018
- Province of incident
- Takhar: Dashti Qala
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 37.2160783112707
Longitude: 69.5153045654297
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Dashti Qala
- Town/Village
- Dashti Qala district, Takhar province
- Types of incident
- Abduction
- Detention
- Execution
- Extrad-Judicial Killing
- Targeted Killing
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Denying a fair trial
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Other Crimes : Persecution
- Other Crimes : Summary execution
- Other Crimes : Unlawful confinement
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On December 29, 2018, Taliban fighters kidnapped and killed a female activist in Dashti Qala district, accusing her of adultery. This execution represents the Taliban's enforcement of their interpretation of Islamic law through extrajudicial killing, while also targeting women engaged in activism and public life.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 1
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